Compiled by MAHADHIR MONIHULDIN, C.ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
A MALAYSIAN man is just skin and bones after being starved and beaten by human traffickers in Kokang, Myanmar, China Press reported.
Known only as Li, he used to work as a crane operator in Malaysia before going to Thailand for work last year.
His older brother claimed he was lured by human traffickers to Kokang.
Li, according to his family members, cut off contact with them in July this year.
Last month, they eventually got a message from him.
Li, 26, sent photos which showed he was in an emaciated state.
In one of the videos he sent, Li could be seen vomiting blood.
The brother said they lodged a police report and that Li’s name had been added to the Foreign Ministry’s list of victims.
> An 82-year-old man drew his last breath when he yelled “check!” while playing Chinese chess at a park in Taiwan.
Sin Chew Daily reported that the man, identified only by his surname Jie, collapsed and died at the park in New Taipei City last Thursday.
(A player threatening to capture the general or king would say “check”.)
Jie was battling it out with Chen, a 71-year-old man, then.
Both men notched several wins each until the last match when Jie was certain he had the upper hand.
Jie made his final move and yelled “jiangjun (check)!” before collapsing.
A frantic Chen called an ambulance which rushed Jie to the hospital.
Unfortunately, Jie could not be resuscitated. A post-mortem revealed that he had died from sudden cardiac arrest.
> A man in China’s Liaoning province, who filmed himself teaching his granddaughter maths, had received millions of views on social media, Sin Chew Daily reported.
Tian Lai, 67, who taught maths in high school for more than four decades, began uploading the videos in 2021.
“In the beginning, my granddaughter was surprised why her usually kind grandpa had become so strict.
“However, she grew to enjoy my teaching method,” he said.
Tian said his granddaughter’s results had also improved with her placing fifth in her class recently.
Many of Tian’s fans were parents who were amazed by his patience and knowledge.
“After listening to him, I feel I now know how to teach my kids,” one parent wrote.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
